Tabatiere
[tabaˈti̯eːʁə]
The verdict
“Tabatiere” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Schnupftabak
Corpus desk
Index DE-tabatiere · Tabatiere · German
Tabatiere · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tabatiere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tabaˈti̯eːʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tabatiere“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tabatiere is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tabaˈti̯eːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tabatiere, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tabatiere, spelled T-A-B-A-T-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Schnupftabak
- 2kleines Behältnis, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Tabak
- 3Etui, Dose zur Aufbewahrung von Zigaretten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tabatiere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der König trat ein. Er ging auf Bach zu und sagte, indem er ihm eine goldene Tabatiere in die Hand schob: ‚Er schnupft ja wohl, nehme Er das! Gott erhalte Ihn der deutschen Musik noch lange! Sei Er überzeugt, ich vergesse mein Versprechen nicht!‘“
„Der Graf hatte vergessen, das Lächeln von seinem Gesicht verschwinden zu lassen; er sah durch die Schneise vor sich in die Ferne und hielt immer noch die Tabatiere in der Hand, ohne zu schnupfen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.